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And customer demands are evolving at speeds never seen before. For companies serious about innovating at scale and transforming their business in order to dominate their market, it will take innovative thinking, disruptive technology and near flawless execution. This challenge, perhaps best described as the perfect blend of art and science, is more than achievable, but only if you have the right partner. Which is why we want you to meet Leonardo, by SAP. SAP Leonardo is a digital innovation system that enables organizations of all sizes to transform at scale with minimal risk and disruption. SAP Leonardo brings new technologies and services together to help businesses power their digital transformation.

In fact, virtual prototyping users saw a 13 percent decrease in overall development time. This report from Aberdeen Group, a U.S. technology and services company, explores how Best-in-Class companies are using virtual prototyping to innovate and differentiate products from the competition.

In fact, innovative products are now critical to the success of future-thinking companies — 52 percent of companies developing smart products fear they’ll lose market share unless they continue to make products smarter. There are, however, unique challenges that come with perfecting development processes and managing complexities. This e-book, by research firm Tech-Clarity, outlines steps to successfully transforming your products into smart, connected systems.

This revolutionary technology is producing a broader range of materials, faster and more efficiently than ever before — greatly impacting the product development process and adding value to businesses. This article dives deeper into the evolving role of 3D printing and how it can improve part-design flexibility, reduce lead times and create smarter, customized product designs.

When hauling perishable goods and materials, it’s critical for buyers and suppliers to seek cost efficiencies and deliver in a timely manner. To help, Jeremy Singley collaborated with Bob Sliwa to create an ultra-aerodynamic tractor-trailer that could reduce draft and lower fuel consumption by up to 25 percent. This article discusses how these innovators used SOLIDWORKS design software to create a SuperTruck prototype.

Now, this interconnectivity is impacting the beer brewing process, providing brewers with a consistent, reliable, data-driven experience — and serving customers with a tasty, better brew. This article discusses how the IoT and smart, connected brewing appliances are redefining the industry landscape one beer at a time.

When it comes to defense, all operations require a high degree of coordination and processing. As a result, airborne intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) has become a crucial component of military activity. In order to maintain stealth and avoid detection, ISR missions are forced to fly at extremely high altitudes. These altitudes present a number of environmental obstacles such as extreme temperature ranges or fluctuating atmospheric pressure – most of which cannot normally be handled by commercially available components. However, because of rising costs and time delays, developing application-specific hardware is becoming less feasible. Using a real-life case study, this white paper explores in great detail a scenario in which Commercial Off-the-Shelf (COTS) components were able to be used for a critical, extreme environment application. Check out this report, and see if cost-saving commercial COTS components can possibly be utilized for your specific needs.

However, obstacles such as the increased need for security and shorter product design cycle times are making it difficult for firms to keep up with consumer demands.

What’s more, these troubles are being compounded by old notions of how a product should be created.

To keep up with the changing nature of today’s dynamic consumer electronics market, firms need to rethink how they approach product design. In this white paper by VDC Research, authors Andre Girard and Chris Rommel offer their best advice for adapting to this changing landscape and putting your group in a position to succeed in the long term.

This research report focused on their level of satisfaction with their collaboration systems across several dimensions. The results of this analysis will provide design and development teams information to help them benchmark their results relative to the industry.

Here are a few selected insights:

About one-third (32%) of product development teams do not have a formal collaboration solution.

Product teams who lack a formal system reported low levels of satisfaction with many collaboration processes, such as quickly gathering feedback, securely sharing data, and remotely accessing important data.

It’s likely that while you were on your way to work, you encountered a number of infrastructure development projects under construction. On site are workers, foremen and heavy machines, each of which has their places in the transformation of undeveloped land into centers of commerce and progress. But what you might not have noticed were the support structures that make the difficult and destructive work of improving the urban environment actually happen. Some of those often overlooked support structures are hose protection and the fittings that make hydraulic machinery last under some of the most stressful work conditions.

But where can you find these critical components? Well, all of the information you’ll need regarding hydraulic protection and more are presented here.

In this eBook from Essentra you will find:

One of the hose protection solutions on the market

Fittings that are suitable for any job

An application wizard that can help you determine exactly what products and fittings are right for you task.

The three major forces urgently compelling industry to address sustainability and energy efficiency.

How industry leaders are turning those forces into opportunities for value creation.

The five, key engineering applications the aerospace industry leverages to deliver significant breakthroughs in aircraft fuel efficiency, and how these applications are relevant across industry sectors.

Innovations in shipping supplies make for stronger packages — and lower costs. See the latest products and technologies every shipping manager should know about, from Dave Fromm of Staples Business Advantage’s Industrial Shipping Supplies Group, including:

Stretch wrap

Strapping

Tape

Let Staples Business Advantage experts determine the best solutions for your needs.

Of the many types of intelligent sensors on the market, microelectromechanical system (MEMS) sensors may be the most interesting as they have a wide footprint in the intelligent sensor market and command an industry that exceeded $11 billion in sales in 2016. In fact, the MEMS smart sensor market looks as if it has the potential to grow even further as it expands into the rapidly blooming consumer electronics market.

But how does a company tap into the potential afforded by MEMS sensors, and are there strategies for developing MEMS smart sensor-enabled products?

In this white paper you will learn:

The history of the development of the MEMS smart sensor market

Why smart sensors, and in particular, MEMS sensors are critical in modern product design.

What design flows and strategies work best for the development of MEMS-enabled products and services.

The very firmware and hardware that is enabling widespread connectivity is also being exploited for nefarious ends. In fact, in the recent past, no fewer than six major IoT vulnerabilities were discovered in consumer electronics by white hat hackers looking to publicly expose the vulnerabilities of these products. These cases highlight that the complexity inherent within these electronics prevents a design team’s ability to ensure that a product is 100 percent safe from malicious actors. However, it is necessary that designers do their due diligence to reduce the chance of edge IoT hacking.

In this white paper you will learn:

What type of vulnerabilities are being exploited in edge IoT hardware.

How malicious actors are using these vulnerabilities.

What type of test plans your team can develop to make your IoT edge devices safer for your customers.

Engineering simulation has emerged as a critical capability that separates the leaders from the followers in the fast-paced, highly competitive world of smart product design. Simulation is key to visualizing every aspect of performance, understanding the relevant design trade-offs, and arriving at design decisions that marry innovation with cost control, reliability and reduced time to market.

In essence, every PCB design is a complex puzzle that requires a designer to incorporate critical components and tight schematics into a piece of technology that is governed by rules, constraints and industry standards. So, it stands to reason that PCB designers should develop habits that make their jobs easier.

But what are the habits that can make PCB design simpler and more effective. Mentor Graphics has compiled a list of the seven habits that are most common among successful PCB design teams, and they speak to all PCB engineers, whether you and your team are novices, or old hands.

In this white paper you will learn about:

The seven common habits that highly effective PCB designers employ.

How you can integrate these habits into your PCB design strategy.

What results you can hope to see from improving your PDB design habits.

Given that reality, its important for engineers to perform design checks throughout the product development process. But, surprisingly, few product design teams routinely undertake design checks throughout the development process. One of the biggest factors contributing to this hesitancy to go through checks are several myths that design checks are complex, time consuming and expensive. However, these myths are being dispelled as new tools are making design checks more manageable.

In this white paper you will learn about:

The biggest myths that influence design check hesitancy

Why its critical to verify a design before a layout is compete

How Hyperlynx DRC can help reduce design problem whether a project is ruled by a high speed design paradigm or a low-frequency design schedule.

It serves the field of design and application of fluid power systems, components and materials. This includes industries designing for original equipment, or in manufacturing or maintenance. Every issue reaches a number of fluid power design and in-plant engineers as well as distributors of all types of components, both hydraulic and pneumatic. Editorial coverage includes information on systems design, advanced componentry, material selection and maintenance.